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 A&A
Tennessee employees have been giving a few tips to local school teachers. TIPS, which
stands for Teachers, Industry, Parents, Students, is a program
in which various industries in Washington County, TN have teachers visit business offices to learn about the skills
necessary for employment at that company. The teachers are given a choice of companies
they can observe.
Both of A&A's "in-services" were at capacity. Emphasis was placed on
different skills that were required in each stage of a particular project, and various
career opportunities in the firm.
Pictured left, Jason Wheeler (left) and Jesse
Smith (right) present an "in-service" on general project design.
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 A lot has changed since Tim Ingold, RLS, joined A&A in 1990.
He was one of three employees in the then newly formed A&A Greensboro office. One of
his primary tasks has been to develop the surveying operations as survey manager and vice
president. The team has grown to include three field crews, CAD and design technicians,
and another Registered Land Surveyor. Although he has increased the team size over the
years, Ingold says "I like to run lean and mean, which means when we’re busy,
we’re very busy, and when we’re not so busy, everyone has plenty to do."
With rapid growth in personnel due to heavier work loads, Ingold is
thankful for the ‘high tech’ equipment of today. "One of the great things
about A&A is the continuous investment in state of the art technology. You can do with
two people what used to take three or four." Dean Hill, RLS, survey manager, has been
at A&A for 4 ½ years, and thinks the team faces a special challenge everyday - to
keep the client happy and the costs down. "Surveying is changing everyday, and that
is a challenge in itself. It requires you to wear many hats," says Hill.
Mike Davis, CADD Manager, arrived at A&A shortly after Ingold, and
sees the current growth pains as positive. "We have young people and experienced
people in our group who, with our technology, can help make A&A leaders in the next
millennium."
Two young people to which Davis is referring are Steven Backer and
Michael Booth. Both are students at Weaver Education Center,
a vocational program of Guilford County
Schools. A&A hired them this summer, and each plan to take the experiences gained
with the survey team to their respective colleges next year. "During the summer I was
expected to get up early and get to work by 7:30 a.m. and sometimes didn’t leave the
office until past 5:00 p.m. I thought to myself that this is the first time that I was a
part of the five o’clock traffic," says Booth, who hopes to be accepted by the
NC State College of Engineering. "The work out in the field was more vigorous than I
thought," he says. Steven Backer plans to attend MIT, and says working at A&A
conveys the way the business world works a lot better than a normal part time job would.
"Working at A&A definitely gives me the hands on experience and insight into the
real world which will be very valuable to me in the future."
Heidi Schram alternates as field surveyor and CAD technician and has
been with A&A since December 1996. She is originally from Rottach-Egern, Germany, and
has been an integral part in helping develop A&A’s German web translation (see
http://www.andassoc.com/german.htm.) "We have a multi-talented group here," says
Ingold. "Every member of the team knows the effort it takes to take care of
the client. Everyone plays a very important role in pleasing our clients and satisfying
our company objectives. I’m very proud of their efforts, and I look forward to our
continued success ," says Ingold.
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